Hitchcock, Peter
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1781, in Cheshire, Conn. In 1810 he was elected to the general assembly of Ohio; from 1812 to 1816 was a member of the state senate; and president of that body one session. He was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1819; and was then chosen judge of the supreme court of Ohio for seven years. He was re-elected to the same office in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was again a member of the state senate, and once again president.
He died May 11, 1853, in Painesville, Ohio.
HITCHCOCK, PHINEAS WARRENER, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 30, 1831, in New Lebanon, N. Y. In 1861 he was appointed marshal of Nebraska territory, which office he held until his election from Nebraska as delegate to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1867 he was appointed surveyor-general of Nebraska; and was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1877. He died July 10, 1881, in Omaha, Neb.
HITCHCOCK, ROBERT BRADLEY, naval officer, was born Sept. 25, 1803, in Cheshire, Ohio. He was appointed midshipman in the United States navy in 1825, promoted lieutenant in 1835, commander in 1855, captain in 1861, and commodore in 1862. He died March 25, 1883, in New York city.
HITCHCOCK, ROSWELL DWIGHT, educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1817, in East Machias, Maine. He wasa successful clergyman of the congregational church; and filled the chair of ecclesiastical history in Bowdoin college. He was president of the Palestine Exploration society, and was president of the Union Theological seminary of New York city. He is the author of Life of Edward Robinson; Complete Analysis of the Bible; The New Testament, with Readings Preferred by the American Committee Incorporated into the Text; and Eternal Atonement. He died June 16, 1887, in Somerset, Mass.